Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.

Grosses

Domestic (41%)
$42,340,598
Summary Details
DistributorFox Searchlight
Opening$424,397
4 theaters
Budget$18,000,000
Release Date (Wide)Oct 17, 2014 (Nov 14, 2014) - Apr 16, 2015
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 59 min
GenresComedy Drama
In Release441 days/63 weeks
Widest Release1,213 theaters
DateDOW RankDaily %± YD %± LW TheatersAvgTo DateDay
Oct 17Friday19$135,602--4$33,900$135,6021
Oct 18Saturday20$158,227+16.7%-4$39,556$293,8292
Oct 19Sunday17$130,568-17.5%-4$32,642$424,3973
Oct 20Monday18$54,344-58.4%-4$13,586$478,7414
Oct 21Tuesday19$51,664-4.9%-4$12,916$530,4055
Oct 22Wednesday18$53,162+2.9%-4$13,290$583,5676
Oct 23Thursday18$46,874-11.8%-4$11,718$630,4417
Oct 24Friday16$432,596+822.9%+219%50$8,651$1,063,0378
Oct 25Saturday15$580,449+34.2%+266.8%50$11,608$1,643,4869
Oct 26Sunday14$366,595-36.8%+180.8%50$7,331$2,010,08110
Oct 27Monday14$126,830-65.4%+133.4%50$2,536$2,136,91111
Oct 28Tuesday15$121,902-3.9%+136%50$2,438$2,258,81312
Oct 29Wednesday14$118,175-3.1%+122.3%50$2,363$2,376,98813
Oct 30Thursday14$117,270-0.8%+150.2%50$2,345$2,494,25814
Oct 31
Halloween
Friday14$504,582+330.3%+16.6%231$2,184$2,998,84015
Nov 1Saturday13$1,216,558+141.1%+109.6%231$5,266$4,215,39816
Nov 2Sunday12$669,237-45%+82.6%231$2,897$4,884,63517
Nov 3Monday12$222,094-66.8%+75.1%231$961$5,106,72918
Nov 4Tuesday14$237,504+6.9%+94.8%231$1,028$5,344,23319
Nov 5Wednesday12$227,346-4.3%+92.4%231$984$5,571,57920
Nov 6Thursday12$214,673-5.6%+83.1%231$929$5,786,25221
Nov 7Friday10$675,292+214.6%+33.8%460$1,468$6,461,54422
Nov 8Saturday11$1,021,764+51.3%-16%460$2,221$7,483,30823
Nov 9Sunday11$614,810-39.8%-8.1%460$1,336$8,098,11824
Nov 10Monday11$240,864-60.8%+8.5%460$523$8,338,98225
Nov 11Tuesday11$344,565+43.1%+45.1%460$749$8,683,54726
Nov 12Wednesday9$224,309-34.9%-1.3%460$487$8,907,85627
Nov 13Thursday9$217,511-3%+1.3%460$472$9,125,36728
Nov 14Friday10$700,276+221.9%+3.7%857$817$9,825,64329
Nov 15Saturday10$1,122,002+60.2%+9.8%857$1,309$10,947,64530
Nov 16Sunday9$649,193-42.1%+5.6%857$757$11,596,83831
Nov 17Monday9$227,720-64.9%-5.5%857$265$11,824,55832
Nov 18Tuesday9$281,696+23.7%-18.2%857$328$12,106,25433
Nov 19Wednesday9$234,292-16.8%+4.5%857$273$12,340,54634
Nov 20Thursday8$211,561-9.7%-2.7%857$246$12,552,10735
Nov 21Friday9$505,780+139.1%-27.8%862$586$13,057,88736
Nov 22Saturday8$855,519+69.1%-23.8%862$992$13,913,40637
Nov 23Sunday9$492,365-42.4%-24.2%862$571$14,405,77138
Nov 24Monday9$184,004-62.6%-19.2%862$213$14,589,77539
Nov 25Tuesday9$236,629+28.6%-16%862$274$14,826,40440
Nov 26Wednesday10$251,226+6.2%+7.2%705$356$15,077,63041
Nov 27
Thanksgiving
Thursday11$268,427+6.8%+26.9%705$380$15,346,05742
Nov 28Friday9$741,757+176.3%+46.7%710$1,044$16,087,81443
Nov 29Saturday9$749,308+1%-12.4%710$1,055$16,837,12244
Nov 30Sunday9$383,304-48.8%-22.2%710$539$17,220,42645
Dec 1Monday9$123,460-67.8%-32.9%710$173$17,343,88646
Dec 2Tuesday9$155,390+25.9%-34.3%710$218$17,499,27647
Dec 3Wednesday9$139,367-10.3%-44.5%710$196$17,638,64348
Dec 4Thursday9$130,852-6.1%-51.3%710$184$17,769,49549
Dec 5Friday10$311,949+138.4%-57.9%738$422$18,081,44450
Dec 6Saturday10$541,896+73.7%-27.7%738$734$18,623,34051
Dec 7Sunday10$296,470-45.3%-22.7%738$401$18,919,81052
Dec 8Monday10$112,715-62%-8.7%738$152$19,032,52553
Dec 9Tuesday10$134,130+19%-13.7%738$181$19,166,65554
Dec 10Wednesday9$124,285-7.3%-10.8%738$168$19,290,94055
Dec 11Thursday8$178,267+43.4%+36.2%738$241$19,469,20756
Dec 12Friday11$378,258+112.2%+21.3%606$624$19,847,46557
Dec 13Saturday11$596,692+57.7%+10.1%606$984$20,444,15758
Dec 14Sunday11$334,808-43.9%+12.9%606$552$20,778,96559
Dec 15Monday11$135,815-59.4%+20.5%606$224$20,914,78060
Dec 16Tuesday11$158,075+16.4%+17.9%606$260$21,072,85561
Dec 17Wednesday12$137,049-13.3%+10.3%541$253$21,209,90462
Dec 18Thursday12$129,143-5.8%-27.6%541$238$21,339,04763
Dec 19Friday14$226,193+75.1%-40.2%452$500$21,565,24064
Dec 20Saturday14$373,922+65.3%-37.3%452$827$21,939,16265
Dec 21Sunday15$265,222-29.1%-20.8%452$586$22,204,38466
Dec 22Monday15$152,834-42.4%+12.5%452$338$22,357,21867
Dec 23Tuesday15$170,368+11.5%+7.8%452$376$22,527,58668
Dec 24Wednesday15$146,538-14%+6.9%452$324$22,674,12469
Dec 25
Christmas Day
Thursday21$267,311+82.4%+107%292$915$22,941,43570
Dec 26Friday20$273,624+2.4%+21%292$937$23,215,05971
Dec 27Saturday20$296,575+8.4%-20.7%292$1,015$23,511,63472
Dec 28Sunday20$231,981-21.8%-12.5%292$794$23,743,61573
Dec 29Monday20$170,226-26.6%+11.4%292$582$23,913,84174
Dec 30Tuesday20$170,988+0.4%+0.4%292$585$24,084,82975
Dec 31
New Year's Eve
Wednesday19$188,216+10.1%+28.4%292$644$24,273,04576
Jan 1
New Year's Day
Thursday20$290,941+54.6%+8.8%292$996$24,563,98677
Jan 2Friday20$319,494+9.8%+16.8%282$1,132$24,883,48078
Jan 3Saturday20$335,853+5.1%+13.2%282$1,190$25,219,33379
Jan 4Sunday19$205,235-38.9%-11.5%282$727$25,424,56880
Jan 5Monday21$74,793-63.6%-56.1%282$265$25,499,36181
Jan 6Tuesday21$83,520+11.7%-51.2%282$296$25,582,88182
Jan 7Wednesday21$84,822+1.6%-54.9%282$300$25,667,70383
Jan 8Thursday20$80,023-5.7%-72.5%282$283$25,747,72684
Jan 9Friday21$159,553+99.4%-50.1%228$699$25,907,27985
Jan 10Saturday20$271,549+70.2%-19.1%228$1,191$26,178,82886
Jan 11Sunday21$158,757-41.5%-22.6%228$696$26,337,58587
Jan 12Monday19$74,857-52.8%<0.1%228$328$26,412,44288
Jan 13Tuesday20$94,662+26.5%+13.3%228$415$26,507,10489
Jan 14Wednesday20$94,351-0.3%+11.2%228$413$26,601,45590
Jan 15Thursday15$124,538+32%+55.6%228$546$26,725,99391
Jan 16Friday14$405,999+226%+154.5%471$861$27,131,99292
Jan 17Saturday14$713,616+75.8%+162.8%471$1,515$27,845,60893
Jan 18Sunday16$424,028-40.6%+167.1%471$900$28,269,63694
Jan 19
MLK Day
Monday16$326,828-22.9%+336.6%471$693$28,596,46495
Jan 20Tuesday14$141,827-56.6%+49.8%471$301$28,738,29196
Jan 21Wednesday13$123,028-13.3%+30.4%471$261$28,861,31997
Jan 22Thursday13$136,803+11.2%+9.8%471$290$28,998,12298
Jan 23Friday13$490,920+258.9%+20.9%833$589$29,489,04299
Jan 24Saturday13$917,436+86.9%+28.6%833$1,101$30,406,478100
Jan 25Sunday12$529,655-42.3%+24.9%833$635$30,936,133101
Jan 26Monday12$173,468-67.2%-46.9%833$208$31,109,601102
Jan 27Tuesday12$240,530+38.7%+69.6%833$288$31,350,131103
Jan 28Wednesday12$194,466-19.2%+58.1%833$233$31,544,597104
Jan 29Thursday12$177,401-8.8%+29.7%833$212$31,721,998105
Jan 30Friday15$458,954+158.7%-6.5%976$470$32,180,952106
Jan 31Saturday13$792,867+72.8%-13.6%976$812$32,973,819107
Feb 1Sunday15$227,808-71.3%-57%976$233$33,201,627108
Feb 2Monday13$136,926-39.9%-21.1%976$140$33,338,553109
Feb 3Tuesday13$179,373+31%-25.4%976$183$33,517,926110
Feb 4Wednesday12$152,030-15.2%-21.8%976$155$33,669,956111
Feb 5Thursday11$163,416+7.5%-7.9%976$167$33,833,372112
Feb 6Friday14$326,024+99.5%-29%666$489$34,159,396113
Feb 7Saturday14$635,799+95%-19.8%666$954$34,795,195114
Feb 8Sunday14$340,007-46.5%+49.3%666$510$35,135,202115
Feb 9Monday14$114,202-66.4%-16.6%666$171$35,249,404116
Feb 10Tuesday14$130,796+14.5%-27.1%666$196$35,380,200117
Feb 11Wednesday14$113,632-13.1%-25.3%666$170$35,493,832118
Feb 12Thursday13$106,853-6%-34.6%666$160$35,600,685119
Feb 13Friday16$202,809+89.8%-37.8%481$421$35,803,494120
Feb 14Saturday16$395,408+95%-37.8%481$822$36,198,902121
Feb 15Sunday15$258,928-34.5%-23.8%481$538$36,457,830122
Feb 16
Presidents' Day
Monday14$172,925-33.2%+51.4%481$359$36,630,755123
Feb 17Tuesday14$90,135-47.9%-31.1%481$187$36,720,890124
Feb 18Wednesday14$84,132-6.7%-26%481$174$36,805,022125
Feb 19Thursday14$98,284+16.8%-8%481$204$36,903,306126
Feb 20Friday14$247,401+151.7%+22%407$607$37,150,707127
Feb 21Saturday15$405,358+63.8%+2.5%407$995$37,556,065128
Feb 22Sunday15$224,827-44.5%-13.2%407$552$37,780,892129
Feb 23Monday11$141,525-37.1%-18.2%407$347$37,922,417130
Feb 24Tuesday12$148,510+4.9%+64.8%407$364$38,070,927131
Feb 25Wednesday12$117,112-21.1%+39.2%407$287$38,188,039132
Feb 26Thursday13$116,125-0.8%+18.2%407$285$38,304,164133
Feb 27Friday12$526,169+353.1%+112.7%1,213$433$38,830,333134
Feb 28Saturday12$922,322+75.3%+127.5%1,213$760$39,752,655135
Mar 1Sunday13$474,969-48.5%+111.3%1,213$391$40,227,624136
Mar 2Monday12$151,956-68%+7.4%1,213$125$40,379,580137
Mar 3Tuesday12$172,389+13.4%+16.1%1,213$142$40,551,969138
Mar 4Wednesday12$137,132-20.5%+17.1%1,213$113$40,689,101139
Mar 5Thursday14$127,726-6.9%+10%1,213$105$40,816,827140
Mar 6Friday16$192,699+50.9%-63.4%777$248$41,009,526141
Mar 7Saturday15$347,853+80.5%-62.3%777$447$41,357,379142
Mar 8Sunday16$177,647-48.9%-62.6%777$228$41,535,026143
Mar 9Monday17$60,266-66.1%-60.3%777$77$41,595,292144
Mar 10Tuesday16$76,725+27.3%-55.5%777$98$41,672,017145
Mar 11Wednesday15$68,295-11%-50.2%777$87$41,740,312146
Mar 12Thursday15$63,130-7.6%-50.6%777$81$41,803,442147
Mar 13Friday22$57,064-9.6%-70.4%239$238$41,860,506148
Mar 14Saturday20$107,009+87.5%-69.2%239$447$41,967,515149
Mar 15Sunday19$57,814-46%-67.5%239$241$42,025,329150
Mar 16Monday23$18,541-67.9%-69.2%239$77$42,043,870151
Mar 17Tuesday23$20,735+11.8%-73%239$86$42,064,605152
Mar 18Wednesday23$20,792+0.3%-69.6%239$86$42,085,397153
Mar 19Thursday23$18,809-9.5%-70.2%239$78$42,104,206154
Mar 20Friday27$22,099+17.5%-61.3%108$204$42,126,305155
Mar 21Saturday27$41,818+89.2%-60.9%108$387$42,168,123156
Mar 22Sunday27$22,651-45.8%-60.8%108$209$42,190,774157
Mar 23Monday26$11,043-51.2%-40.4%108$102$42,201,817158
Mar 24Tuesday26$11,469+3.9%-44.7%108$106$42,213,286159
Mar 25Wednesday26$11,150-2.8%-46.4%108$103$42,224,436160
Mar 26Thursday26$9,048-18.9%-51.9%108$83$42,233,484161
Mar 27Friday30$11,337+25.3%-48.7%46$246$42,244,821162
Mar 28Saturday29$19,372+70.9%-53.7%46$421$42,264,193163
Mar 29Sunday32$8,960-53.7%-60.4%46$194$42,273,153164
Mar 30Monday32$3,301-63.2%-70.1%46$71$42,276,454165
Mar 31Tuesday31$4,733+43.4%-58.7%46$102$42,281,187166
Apr 1Wednesday31$4,492-5.1%-59.7%46$97$42,285,679167
Apr 2Thursday32$5,455+21.4%-39.7%46$118$42,291,134168
Apr 3Friday35$7,110+30.3%-37.3%39$182$42,298,244169
Apr 4Saturday34$8,158+14.7%-57.9%39$209$42,306,402170
Apr 5
Easter Sunday
Sunday33$6,098-25.3%-31.9%39$156$42,312,500171
Apr 6Monday34$2,707-55.6%-18%39$69$42,315,207172
Apr 7Tuesday33$3,406+25.8%-28%39$87$42,318,613173
Apr 8Wednesday36$2,788-18.1%-37.9%39$71$42,321,401174
Apr 9Thursday35$2,824+1.3%-48.2%39$72$42,324,225175